Chapter 240: Black Rhino (1/2)
[Black Rhino]
[Power: 7 Stars (Black)]
[Strength: 8 Stars (Black); Speed: 5 Stars (Black); Agility: 4 Stars (Black); Coordination: 7 Stars (Black); Stamina: 8 Stars (Black); Reactions: 6 Stars (Black); Defense: Quasi 9 Star (Black); Spirit: 1 Stars (Black); Force: 1 Stars (Black)]
[Power Scale Accuracy: 97%]
Leonel's gaze flashed. Even with a beast standing at three meters tall before him, he hardly react.
”[Mud Pit].”
Leonel stretched out a hand. The land quaked and shook as the black rhino charged over. In the blink of an eye, it had already entered a 100 meter radius.
Just when it was about to press its front feet down, it suddenly felt its footing disappear. Instead of hitting solid ground, it sank into a quagmire, causing its body to flip forward.
”[Harden].”
Just as the rhino's body was about to flip out of the mud pit entirely, the pit hardened. The sudden change caused the rhino, who was in the process of rolling off, to come to a sudden stop.
At that moment, the sickening sound of shattering bones rang out, only to be completely overshadowed by the pained roar of the black rhino.
The black rhino heavily landed on its back, its front legs snapped in two. In fact, a portion of its legs were still stuck in the hardened mud pit.
However, Leonel hardly reacted, a familiar swirl of wind had already surged around his body once again.
A strong Earth Element swirled in the air above the rhino, quickly coalescing into a bronze, angled blade that radiated a beautiful light.
”[Heavy Guillotine].”
SHUUUU!
The blade descended into the rhino's open mouth. It was too busy roaring in pain to even sense the danger.
An instant later, its mouth was pierced through to the back of its skull, leaving it impaled into the ground.
By this point, Leonel's teammates were looking at his back as though he was some kind of monster. This wasn't the first Demon Leonel had taken down. In fact, it wasn't even the tenth. Yet, every time they saw him do it, they would feel just as shocked as the first time.
That beast was at least as powerful as a One Star Magus. Wasn't Leonel just an Official Mage? They should have been working together to take it down, so what the hell was happening?
'Hm, this power scaling system is alright. But, still not perfect. It's too broad now… It needs some tweaks…'
Leonel calmly analyzed.
'That battle was at most 72% efficient. It would have been much easier to finish that battle had I taken a different approach.
'If I had used [Gravity Warp] just after the rhino flipped due to [Mud Pit], I could have used [Earthen Spike] to impale it beneath its own weight… [Earthen Spike] is only a Two Star Official Art, it would take much less to cast than the One Star Magus Art [Heavy Guillotine], even if I have to take into account the Three Star Official Art [Gravity Warp]…'
Leonel wasn't really worried about his stamina usage. Even compared to true Three Star Magi, his stamina was far beyond what they could imagine. After all, he technically had the reserves of a Fifth Dimensional mage. The only shame was that he had to use more of his spirit to form Magic Arts since he hadn't crystallized his Spirit Pressure as thoroughly as the true elites of this world.
But, even then, his starting point was still so much higher that it hardly mattered.